we were down ten when the number came in. down eight as of now, so this is a non impact number. june 2007, then candidate obama addressed a mostly black audience of ministers in the aftermath of katrina. here's what he said. >> when september 11th happened in new york city there waved. this is too serious a problem. we can't expect new york city to rebuild on its own. forget that dollar you have to put in. that was the right thing to do. when hurricane andrew struck in florida people said, look at this devastation. we don't expect to come up with your own money here. here's the money to rebuild. we won't wait for you to scratch together because you're part of the american family. what's happening down in new ones? where's your staff for that money? it makes no sense. [applause] it tells me that somehow the people down in new orleans, they don't care about as much. stuart: now, then candid obama was referring to the stafford act which says local governments must match 10 percent of the federal government's emergency spending during disasters joining us by phone, charles payne. ch